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W. PEIREZ.

BUTTER HANGER.

APPLICATION man JAN.27. 1921.

Patented Oct. 31; 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Patented Get. 31, 122.2.

hddtdlil UNITED STATEd WOOL]? PEIREZ, OF NEVT YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR, BYMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO KATIE SOMMERS, O18 BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GUTTER HANGER.

Application filed January 27, 1921. Serial N0. 440,368.

Be it known that 1, WooLr Pmnnz, a citizen oi the United States, andresident oi the city of New York, in the county of Queens and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in GutterHangers, of which the fol-- provide a gutter hanger, including meansmade integral therewith for anchoring the gutter to the wall of thebuilding.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gutter hanger of thetype mentioned which is simple in construction, eiilcient in operation,durable in use and capable of manufacture on a commercial scale, or inother words one which is not so dificult to make as to be beyond thereasonable cost of such a contrivance.

With these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear asthe nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists inthe combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafterdescribed, pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be madein the size and proportion of the several parts and details ofconstruction within the scope of the appended claims, without departingfrom the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

One of the many possible embodiments of the invention is illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of agutter hanger constructed in accordance with the present invention; andFig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion thereof.

In the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a roof gutter, the outer edgeof which is provided with a bead 11, asusual in constructions of thistype, while its inneredge 12, adjacent the wall of the building, isplain. For supporting this gutter in proper relation to the roof 13 ofthe building, there is provided a plurality of hangers, spaced apart asuitable distance, each of said hangers including a gutter embracingstrap 14, a transversely extending bar 15 and a i'erred gage and unitedby rivets or other suitable fastening means.

The bar 15 includes an outer hook-shaped section 17, fitting over thebead 11 01 the gutter, its opposite end 18 being bent over the plainedge 12 of the gutter, as clearly shown'in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Tothe hook-shaped end 17 of the said bar is fixed, for instance by meansof a rivet 19, the gutter embracing strap 14:, one end of said strap,denoted by the numeral 20, project ing into the bead 11 for a purposehereinafter to be described, while its other end extends through a slot21 in the bent portion 18 of the bar 15, and being then bent downwardlyinto contact with the wall of the building, as shown at 22. Thedownwardly bent portion 22 of the strap extends below the gutter and issecured to the building wall by a nail 23 or otherwise, to form ananchor for the gutter. 1n the bent portion 18 of the strap 15 is formedan aperture 2 1, through which a nail 25 may be driven into the adjacentportion of the wall oi the building, in order to secure and hold thegutter in position.

The bracket 16 is joined with the bar 15 by a rivet 26 or otherwise, itincluding an upwardly extending portion 27 and an outwardly projectingsection 28, which is secured by nails 29, or otherwise, to the roof 13,from which the rain water is to be carried off.

In use, the hook-shaped end 17 of the bar 15 is engaged with the bead 11of the gutter, the end 20 off the gutter embracing strap 14 insertedinto the said bead, and the bent portion 18 of the bar 15 engaged withthe plain edge 12 of the gutter. After this the strap 14 is bent aroundthe gutter and extended through the slot 21 in the bar 15. The strap isthen bent downwards into engagement with the building wall and the nail23 driven into the wall. The nail 25 is then driven through the bar 15,and, finally, the bracket 16 fastened to the roof.

Inasmuch as the bars and straps wholly surround the gutter and both theends of the 20 of the straps 14 are engaged with the bead 11 of thegutter in order to hold the hook-shaped ends 17 of the bars 15 incontact with the bead throughout the lengths of the said hooks.

What I claim is 1. A gutter hanger comprising a bar extending transversey of the gutter and provided at its outer end with ahook-shaped sectionfitting over the bead of the tter, the opposite end of said bar beingEedly attached to the opposite edge of the gutter, a strap memberengageable with the ends of the transversely extending bar and tightlyembracing the under surface of the gutter,

said strap member having an extension at its outer end adapted forinsertion within the beaded edge of the gutter to effectively lock thehook-shaped section in position.

2. A gutter hanger comprising a bar extending transversely of the gutterand provided at its outer end with a hook-shaped section fitting overthe bead of the *utter, the opposite end of said bar bein r fixedlyattuched to the opposite edge of tie gutter, a

strapimember engageable with the ends oi'lthe transversely extending barand tightly embracing the under surface of the gutter and terminating atits inner end in a depending portion projecting below the gutter, saidstrap member bein provided at its opposite end with an extension adaptedfor insertion within the beaded edge of the gutter.

Signed at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York,this 25th day of January, A. D. 1921.

WOOLF PEI REZ.

